Sanitary laundry box



Dec. 1924- 1,521,334

J. c. SKELTON SANITARY LAUNDRY BOX Filed June 15 1925 Patented 3Q,

UNI-TE STAT 1,521,334 :QFFICE.

JAMES C. SKELTQN, Q'F SANTA. MONICA, CALIFORNIA.

SANITARY LAUNDRY BOX.

Application filed June 15,

T 0 all whom it may concern Be it known that I, James C. SKnL-ro-N, acitizen of the United States, residing at Santa Monica, in the county ofLos Angeles and State of California, have invented new and usefulImprovements in Sanitary Laundry Boxes, of which the following isaspecification.

Although my present invention may be referred to as a ventilated laundrybox, it should be understood that boxes of the con struction hereindescribed may be used for a wide variety of purposes, all of my boxesbeing, however, provided with means for permitting a free circulation ofair.

It is an object of this invention to provide a laundry box, or the like,which shall be of workmanlike construction and of attractive appearance,but may nevertheless be inexpensively made; and, in one preferredembodiment of my invention, I may build my ventilated box in sections,thereby adapting the same to be shipped in a knock-down condition, andto be expeditiously assembled by a dealer or purchaser.

Although it is an object of this invention to provide a box havinginclined slats in its sides and adapted to be open at the top, when abox embodying my invention is to be used as a storage place for foods,or the like, it should be understood that fly-wire netting may also beemployed, and that any desired alternative or additional openings may beprovided, it being possible, for ex ample, to pivot an entire sidesection upon one of the bolts which may optionally be used to hold thesections or parts of my boxes together; and possible also to use thementioned inclined slats as supports for removable shelves, optionallyplaced within my ventilated box.

Other objects of my invention will appear from the following descriptionof a preferred embodiment thereof, and from the appended claims, takenin connection with the accompanying drawings, in which Fig. 1 is aperspective view of a laundry box, or the like, embodying my invention.

Fig. 2 is a vertical section of a similar box, this view being taken ina plane such as the plane 22 of Fig. 1, the box of Fig. 2 being,however, shown as provided with fiy-wire.

Fig. 3 is a horizontal section of a box such as is shown in Figs. 1 and2, and the view shown in this figure may be regarded as taken on theline 3-3 of Fig. 1.

1922. Serial no. 645,575.

Referring in detail to the parts of that specific embodiment of myinvention which I have chosen for purposes of illustration, the side orvertical walls of my box may be regarded as consisting essentially of apair of substantially rectangular end frames 1, 1, and a pair ofsubstantially rectangular side frames 2, 2, all of said frames beingpreferably formed of broad vertical strips 3, spaced apart by horizontalstrips 4, 4' and supporting inclined slats 5. Although the mentionedframes may be connected or supported in any suitable way, I find itadvantageous to secure each. end frame permanently to a pair of cornerposts 6, and to provide additional means for removably securing the sideframes 2, 2 to the same posts, in such manner as to form an enclosure,which may be completed by the addition of a suitable bottom plate 7 anda suitable cover.

While various alternative constructions might obviously be employed, Iprefer to form my bottom plate from slats 8 secured to cleats 9, thelatter being preferably of suflioient length to overlie the horizontalstrips 4, comprised in the respective end frames, my preferredconstruction being such that, although the bottom 7 may interlock withthe mentioned associated parts, free circulation of air shall bepermitted by the openings between the slats 8, and such also that thebottom may be freely removable from the inside, although not free tomove downward below the position indicated in Fig. 2.

Any one of a variety of constructions might be employed in the providingof a suitable closure for my ventilated box, but I prefer to employ aremovable cover 10, provided with a central opening 11, protected by aplate 12, and provided with a handle 13; and, in order to facilitate apositioning of the said cover, the corners thereof may optionally beprovided with notches 14, adapted to interfit with the respective posts6.

Whether or not the top element of my ventilated box is used as aremovable cover, I may optionally employ bolts, such as the short bolts15 extending through the strips 3 and the posts 6, or such as the longerbolts 16, 16' extending entirely across one side of my ventilated box,to secure the parts thereof in their indicated relative positions; and,when the longer bolts 16 are ing thereover and a ventilated bottom plateadapted to be reinovably mounted at the bottoms oi. the vertical Wallswith the corner posts extending below the bottom plate.

10. In a ventilated box, vertical Walls con'iprising substantiallyrectangular sections secured to corner posts, additional sub stantiallyrectangular sections removably Secured to said corner posts, saidvertical Walls being surmounted by a cover extending thereover andinterfitting with said posts and a ventilated bottom plate adapted to beremovably mounted at the bottoms of the vertical Walls With the cornerposts extending below the bottom plates.

11. In a ventilated box, vertical Walls comprising substantiallyrectangular sections secured to corner posts, additional substantiallyrectangular sections removably secured to said corner posts saidvertical walls being surmounted by a cover extending thereover andprovided With a ventilating aperture and a ventilated bottom plateadapted to be removably mounted at the bottoms of the vertical Wallswith. the corner posts extending below the bottom plate.

12. In a ventilated box, vertical Walls comprising substantiallyrectangular sections secured to corner posts, additional substantiallyrectangular sections removably secured. to said corner posts, saidvertical Walls being surmounted by a cover extending thereover andprovided With a ventilating aperture protected by a plate and aventilated bottom plate adapted to be removably mounted at the bottomsof the vertical Walls with the corner posts extending below the bottomplate.

13. In a ventilated box, vertical Walls comprising substantiallyrectangular sections secured to corner posts, additional sub stantiallyrectangular sections removably se cured to said corner posts by meanscomprising bolts, one of which may serve as a pivot and a ventilatedbottom plate adapted to be removably mounted at the bottoms of thevertical Walls With the corner posts eX- tending below the bottom plate.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification.

JAMES C. SKELTON.

